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A new art installation in the area is aiming to spark conversation and awareness around an important social issue.
In a partnership between Binesiwag Centre for Wellness and Seven Generations Education Institute (SGEI), a large piece of art in the form of a traditional jingle dancer is being installed on the grounds of SGEI’s Fort Frances campus and will remain there for the rest of the month, hopefully inspiring those who pass by to ask questions and further their understanding of the ongoing crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-Spirit (MMIWG2S+) individuals in Canada.
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There is some new art being erected on the grounds of Seven Generations Education Institute Fort Frances campus.
It’s a large silhouetted dancer adorned with red jingles.
It’s a project of the Binesiwag Center for Wellness.
Support Person Erika Jourdain says it aims to spark a dialogue about the National Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2 Spirited Folx crisis in Canada.
“You know, every single day, there are new faces on our social media that put these people on display. Rather than having just their faces there, (we’re) hoping that they’ll be able to see part of that dancer there as well,” says Jourdain.